A publication entitled “A Person-Centered Study on Parental Responsiveness and Overprotection: Associations With Socio-Economic Pressures” was conducted in collaboration with several colleagues from Italy.
The project was led by Eliana De Salvo, together with Francesca Liga and Emilio Visintin, in collaboration with Stijn Van Petegem and Annalisa Soncini.
The study examined the parenting practices of 681 Italian parents of adolescents, focusing on two dimensions: parental responsiveness and overprotection. Based on these dimensions, the authors identified four parenting profiles.
The results show that parents in the profile combining high parental responsiveness and high overprotection reported higher levels of socio-economic pressures, including the social pressure to be a “perfect parent”, financial scarcity, and perceived national job insecurity.
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